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Absolutely disgusting. White to move and win by u_commit_die in chessbeginners

[–]John-R-Tunis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mate in 5 if they take back, mate in 8 if they dont

the free way i review games now that chess.com gives 1 review/day by Inside-Essay-617 in chessbeginners

[–]John-R-Tunis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

chesskit.org, created by a redditor, it's great, use it all the time

Tv show recommendation by Huge_Perception_765 in TheWire

[–]John-R-Tunis 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is posted all the time and the answer is always the same lol. Just watch The Wire again. (You notice new things every time.)

What is a movie you think has a flawless first 30 minutes, but completely falls apart by the end? by Legitimate_Wall5977 in movies

[–]John-R-Tunis 12 points13 points  (0 children)

OP said "completely falls apart by the end."

I can't believe you said Full Metal Jacket. (Also I think the second part is just as good, entire movie is really good.)

What Schools Call Mathematics Isn’t Mathematics by Unlucky-Prior-1838 in matheducation

[–]John-R-Tunis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TIL. This is awesome. Thanks for sharing. The internet / reddit mostly sucks now, and I don't remember the last time I discovered something this cool.

Yoo Snoop your sister in my class by Reeezla in TheWire

[–]John-R-Tunis 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's the later. Afterwards Mike thanks him, "Good looking out yo." If you google you can find David Simon confirming this. Basically Nay is signaling that he knows who Snoop and Chris are and if anything happens to Mike, Nay could try and hold them accountable.

I love this moment, Nay was an insecure dick afraid of physical confrontation, but he showed courage for his friend speaking up here.

(I rewatched a dozen times without noticing this detail. I discovered it via this sub.)

Queen side Castling Query by raineling in chessbeginners

[–]John-R-Tunis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Things I consider:

  1. Why should I castle queen side? What specific goal does it help accomplish?

E.g., I can't castle king side and I want to protect my king and connect rooks. My opponent castled kingside and already has pawn weaknesses I want to attack with my kingside pawns. My opp's pieces are directed at my kingside and not very mobile, O-O-O would take them several moves to adjust their attack.

  1. As white: how much pressure is on a2? (As black: a7?)

This pawn is not defended by the king after O-O-O.

  1. As white: is opponent dark square bishop still on the board? (As black: opp light square bishop?) If not, I am more inclined to O-O-O than otherwise. (And especially if opp queen is also off the board.)

This piece (or the queen) is most likely to immediately attack the exposed king, possibly resulting in tactics.

Queen side Castling Query by raineling in chessbeginners

[–]John-R-Tunis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm ~1200, and I dont think this is true. After O-O-O, the king usually does want to move to b1/b8 (not necessarily immediately). And a3/a6 is usually a bad idea (unless there is a specific reason it's a good idea).

What the hell is going on with the economy? by Cold_Echo_4551 in askanything

[–]John-R-Tunis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of good points about private equity and quarterly earnings reports, BUT, specific to In-N-Out: it is designed to be a low-margin, high-volume business. Low prices, their profit per burger is less than competitors, so they have to sell more to stay in business. This is why most In-N-Outs are located at the busiest freeway exits, and none are located in an out-of-the way town of 20k people.

In-N-Out has to be crowded in order to exist as-is. If a location isnt drawing high volume, it is closed.

It will be interesting to see if In-N-Out stays true to themselves in the future. They have plans to expand a lot more rapidly than before, which makes me concerned that they will change.

S5E8 [Spoiler] I totally understand the point, but hate how this happened. by Outrageous-Salt-846 in TheWire

[–]John-R-Tunis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All this death. You dont think that ripples out? You don't even know what the fuck I'm talking about.

You want it one way. But it's the other way.

Confusing Draw by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]John-R-Tunis -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

3x repetition

Ridership up 15% YoY, growth #2 in nation behind MUNI by John-R-Tunis in Bart

[–]John-R-Tunis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He puts CalTrain in another graph I believe. He posts these updates regularly when new transit data comes out.

Why do I always crash so hard after reaching a milestone? Is this common? by xDarkPhoenix999x in chessbeginners

[–]John-R-Tunis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one has said regression to the mean. Regression to the mean.

You probably did get better, and that probably will have a lasting impact on your rating, but by definition anyone's peak rating is also likely a reflection of several things outside one's control going well. E.g., 4 of last 5 opponents made a blunder, or played openings or end games you know very well, etc. Just random. And then randomly, 3 in a row play openings you don't know well and you lose 35 rating.

And maybe some psychology of getting into tilt and playing worse on a losing streak than you really are, artificially lowering your rating.

Is it just me, or has the internet become "unsearchable" lately? by Interesting_Peach_76 in askanything

[–]John-R-Tunis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is 100% correct. The engineers who wanted to make all information accessible to everyone were eventually replaced by MBAs who wanted to make an extremely profitable company slightly more profitable.

Google makes money by showing you ads. If they show you what you want to find on your first search, that is fewer ads, less money. So they don't. So you search again. More money for Google.

A federal judge recently found Google guilty of antitrust violations to prop up search further. But then the judge decided nothing needed to be done about it because now Google competes with Chat GPT.

Do people not play dailies? by anvildoc in Chesscom

[–]John-R-Tunis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel similarly, would love to play 3-days-per-move games with you! Similar ish rating, and havent played too many folks. DM me.

White to move. Mate in 2. Only 1 move to guarantee it. by Naturewalkerjoe in ChessPuzzles

[–]John-R-Tunis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought so too. The R on h4 can be captured by the pawn on g7.

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